Hi there, was reading this article which suggest that the new opera is significantly faster than previous versions. I would like to try it as it seems to be the only browser that will work with the new proprietary flash 9 (which adobe have made a dogs breakfast of...no pun intended). Although it is unfamiliar to most people, I would consider adding it to the next ecopup for this reason and this reason alone.

The package can be downloaded from here if someone would like to make a package up for it. It says it needs GCC 4 which I have a vague idea is something important that I read on Barry's blog will be in the next version of puppy or something.

I modified /usr/local/mozstart according to a tip by (I think) GuestToo:

Code:

#!/bin/sh

# Include /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins in the plugin path:
#added to fix the FLASH 9 bug that crashes the browser
if [ "$MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH" ] ; then
MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=$MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH:${moz_libdir}/plugins:/root/.mozilla/plugins:/usr/lib/firefox/plugins
else
MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=${moz_libdir}/plugins:/root/.mozilla/plugins:/usr/lib/firefox/plugins
fi
export MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH
#end of add to fix the FLASH 9 bug that crashes the browser

#Puppy does not want more than one instance of Moz running.

#aug06:
#note, must execute mozilla-bin here, as it is a script with
# a bug fix, and then executes seamonkey-bin.

My FireFox crashed constantly with the new Flash until I found a patch on Todd's site. I think it was an updated version of the glibc libraries._________________Be brave that God may help thee, speak the truth even if it leads to death, and safeguard the helpless. - A knight's oath

Flash 9 seemed to work ok for me with Opera 9.22, in Puppy 2.16 nop, but then some Flash 7 sites would not work, so I went back to Flash 7.
In Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, I have Opera 9.23 with Flash 9 and It works fine.

MU...I think the file is in /usr/local/bin. This is the file that starts Seamonkey? I do wish to keep seamonkey in firefox as it uses flash 7 and so will work on popular sites like youtube and myspace. Could I make a copy of it and use it to start firefox with the modifications you made?

Could I make a copy of it and use it to start firefox with the modifications you made?

shure, call it "my-firefox" or whatever. And make it executable of course.
I just modified mozstart directly, so that firefox will be used as default-browser.

Concerning the other tip with glibc I would be a bit sceptical:
it is a very important library, and replacing it might cause instability in other programs.
So I never tried that.
I often visit sites that use flash for advertisement, and had no crashes so far with the small startscript mentioned above.
Before, Firefox crashed often (but that was an older version, have not tried to run the updated one without that script yet).

It is towards the bottom. It must be installed as an alien package. Hope it helps you as much as it has helped me._________________Be brave that God may help thee, speak the truth even if it leads to death, and safeguard the helpless. - A knight's oath

you may want to try it out on a slower pc then it will be more distinct (or maybe you are on a slow pc!) as far as speed they are measuring the rendering of javascript in milliseconds so it is not really noticeable on a new PC. Why would you want a .pet you ask? well is flash 9 working for you? i think that would be the only reason._________________Taking Puppy Linux to the limit of perfection. meanwhile try "puppy pfix=duct_tape" kernel parem eater.
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I actually found it easier to download the most recent version of Opera and run it's prepackaged installer. Simply download and extract the tar.gz file. Then goto the command line and cd to where the installer is (I renamed the installer folder "opera" for the sake of simplicity). It installed nicely and it is what I am using for e-mail and networking. I only use SeaMonkey for Puppy forums.

Additionally, for high-definition video (720p or 1080p) content encoded with either On2 or H.264, performance will vary depending on the capabilities and configuration of your machine. In general a 2.0 GHz Mac or a 3GHz PC, with one or more processors, will deliver an optimum experience.

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